Feline
Kidney Transplants

Feline
Kidney Transplant Facilities

Canine
Renal Transplants

Fewer
locations perform canine
transplants because they are inherently more
complicated. Although the surgery itself is essentially
the same, donor matching and rejection prevention are more
challenging for dogs than for cats. In addition, antirejection
drugs are much more expensive for dogs because they are
larger animals. Auburn University has recently developed
a new protocol in which both a kidney transplant and bone
marrow transplant are performed at the same time. Performing
these procedures simultaneously seems to reduce instances
of rejection in the recipients.

Here
are some facilities that are performing canine kidney transplants:

United
States

Western
United States

University
of California-Davis
School of Veterinary Medicine
Davis, California 95616
(530) 752-1393January 30, 2008 update - The renal transplant program at UCD is currently on hold. The first feline kidney transplants were performed at UCD in the mid-1980s and continued until 2007. UCD hopes to resume transplant surgery in the future.

Northeastern
United States

University
of PennsylvaniaSchool
of Veterinary Medicine
3900 Delancey St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
(215) 898-4680
Lynn Beale, Transplant Coordinator
e-mail: lbeale@vet.upenn.edu
(215) 573-0206
Dr.
Lillian Aronson, DVM
e-mail: laronson@vet.upenn.eduDr. Aronson is an experienced transplant
surgeon from UC Davis who has now set up a transplant program
in 1998 at UPenn.Feline
Renal Transplant ProgramMake
That Ten Lives, The Story of Leo and TigerTransplants
now treat feline kidney disease-
Post-Gazette.com, Pittsburgh, PAExtending the Lives of Cats through Kidney Transplant - Susan I. Finkelstein, Bellwether MagazineCompanion Animal
HospitalCollege
of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 253-3060
fax: (607) 253-3271
James A. Flanders, DVM
e-mail: jaf7@cornell.edu February 9, 2005 update - Dr. Flanders advised
us that the feline kidney transplant program at Cornell University
is currently on hold due to a temporary staff shortage. Orchard Park Veterinary Medical Center
3507 Orchard Park Rd.
Orchard Park, New York
(716) 662-6660Our most recent information is that transplants
are no longer being done at Orchard Park Veterinary Medical Center,
though they have been performed there in the past.

The
Animal Medical Center
510 East 62nd St.
New York, New York 10021
(212) 838-8100AMC has performed transplants in the past but no longer lists this as a surgical offering at their web site.

Southeastern
United States

North
Carolina State UniversityCollege
of Veterinary Medicine
4700 Hillsborough St.
Raleigh, North Carolina 27606
(919) 513-6500
Dr. Kyle Mathews, DVM, MS, DACVS
e-mail: Kyle_Mathews@ncsu.edu Dr. Mathews is an experienced transplant
surgeon from UC Davis who set up a transplant program
at NC State. The telephone number for owners or veterinarians
interested in feline renal transplants at NC State is (919) 513-6588.
For online information, visit The North Carolina State University
College of Veterinary Medicine'sFeline
Renal Transplantation Unit

Australia

The Cat Clinic189 Creek Rd
Mt Gravatt East QLD 4122
Australia
61 07 3349 0811Dr. Victor MenrathDr Menrath has pioneered the transplant procedure in Australia and The Cat Clinic has the only kidney transplant program outside the United States. For information on transplantation please call The Cat Clinic.